Proverbs 12:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
American King James Version (AKJV)
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.
Webster's Revision
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
World English Bible
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
English Revised Version (ERV)
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall never be moved.
Clarke's Proverbs 12:3 Bible Commentary
A man shall not be established by wickedness - Evil is always variable: it has no fixed principle, except the root that is in the human heart; and even that is ever assuming new forms. Nothing is permanent but goodness; and that is unchangeable, because it comes from God. The produce of goodness is permanent, because it has God's blessing in it: the fruit of wickedness, or the property procured by wickedness, is transitory, because it has God's curse in it. The righteous has his root in God; and therefore he shall not be moved.